The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-04-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

/ Essence of quassia will drive away flies,
and cucumber peel is deteseed by cock
reaches.
/ To cure 4 war, scrape carrot fine, mix
with salt. and apply as poultice five or
six nights.
4 small bag Of sulphur kept III drawer
! or closet that is infested with red ants vii
quickly disperse them.
a brilliant black vanish for iron stoves
and fireplaces is made by stirring ivory
black into ordinary shellac yarnish.
Windows should never be washed while
the sun shines on them, as it is impossible
to polish them without leaving blue
streaks.
When putting a new wick into the lamp.
fist soak in vinegar and let it dry. twill
last longer and burn better for so doing.
Vinegar is better than ice for keeping
fish. BY putting little vinegar on the
fish it will keep perfectly well even in hot
weather. Fish is often improved in flavor
under this treatment.
Remove the cover from the pot after
pouring off the water from boiled potatoes
and leave them on the back part of the
stove, thus allowing the steam to escape
This will leave them mealy
Cold biscuits left over from tea may be
made better than when first baked by dip
ping them into hot water and placing them
singly on the hot CRATE in the oven long
enough TO let them get well warmed
through
A butter stamp should always be
washed in cold salt water before it is used.
Ii soaked in hot water, the butter will
stick to it, but never If soaked in cold
brine. The salt absorbed by the wood
keeps it moist while in use.
Plaster busts and statuettes may be
cleaned by dipping them into thick liquid
cold starcll-that is, clear starch mixed
with cold water-and then drying them
When the starch is brushed off the dirt
comes off with it. 4 valuable recipe for
this climate
The best way of checking the bleeding
from the nose is to apply cold water the
neck and face Hold sponge saturated
with cold water to the nostrils, or il
this should not succeed, dissolve a little
alum in a basin Of water. and inject or
snuff this up your nostrils. Hold the head
back and do not attempt to blow the nose.
To save stair carpets nail several thick
nesses of old carpet or canvas over the
edge Of each stair. 1t is a good plan to
buy more carpeting than is needed TO cover
the stairs, and move it each season, so that
the whole viii wear evenly. If stair
carpets cannot be changed in this way they
viii not wear nearly SO long.
Wash flannels in hot suds, and to prevent
shrinking they must be rinsed in water as
hot as they were rubbed in. 1t is the sud-
den change from hot to cold water that
causes the shrinkage If the rinsing water
be not hot enough let the clothes stand
few minutes and cool to the right tempera-
ture. A handful ofborax in Tie water viii
tend to soften them.
All housekeepers knew With what per-
tinaety the flavor Of onions elings to the
utensils in which they were cooked, even
after the most persistent of boiling off and
securing ont. Therefore, if You have
kettle with notch broken out or a skillet
with half the handle broken of. do not re-
iegate it to the cellar, but keep it express
ly for cooking onions. and nothing else.
To prevent polished steel from rusting,af-
ter cleaning and when not in use takea cloth,
with very little sweet oil on it and wipe
the articles over so as to slightly but even
ly oil the surface Steel knives which are
not in general Sc may be kept from rust
ing if they be dipped in strong solution
of soda, one part water to four Of soda,
then wipe dry. roll in flannel and keep in
a dry place.